Byzantine Column Capital

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: John Ruskin / English, 1819-1900
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash and white gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 10.8 × 16.2 cm (4 5/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: ink or chalk wash
Place: England
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick
Accession no.: 1942.194

Viterbo
John Ruskin
c. 1840–49 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00000179
Street in Bologna
John Ruskin
1845 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002508
Fortresses in Tyrol, near Mals (recto); Castle in Lenzburg (verso)
John Ruskin
1839/1900 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002509
Spanish Chestnut
John Ruskin
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002739